CHAPTER III

The Sub's Stratagem Ernst von Verbrennungsraum had not taken into account one of Noel Fordyce's characteristics--that of grim, almost obstinate determination. Under the mistaken impression that, for the sake of his pet, the Sub would agree to his terms, the Secret Service agent applied for and obtained a summons. "I'll fight him while I have a penny left to call my own," declared Fordyce, and with this laudable intention he engaged the best solicitor in Otherport. The German could not now back out without loss of …